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Ofsted review aims to help early years children 'catch up' post-pandemic

Monday, November 14, 2022

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The research, carried out by Ofsted, outlines what 'high-quality' early years curriculum and pedagogy looks like to support practitioners to help children to catch up, particularly with communication and social skills.

Covid on the rise among schools workforce

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Monday, July 11, 2022

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There has been a rise in the number of school staff catching Covid, with those working in primary schools having most been affected.

New DfE research emphasises the impact of Covid on early years sector

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Friday, April 29, 2022

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Three new reports from the Department for Education outline how childcare settings across the country have been impacted by the pandemic, staffing challenges and sustained Government underfunding.

EXCLUSIVE: Coronavirus forced childcare providers to take dire action, study shows

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Tuesday, March 1, 2022

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Covid has seen professionals cut staff, use reserves and even sell belongings, but researchers say an early years education and care-led recovery is now vital, as Katy Morton reports

Change to Covid rules on testing and isolation provokes mixed response among nurseries and childminders

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Tuesday, February 22, 2022

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Early years settings have questioned the Government’s decision to scrap twice-weekly testing in early years settings and have raised concerns about plans to end self-isolation for positive Covid cases.

Covid cases on the decline in childcare settings and schools, official figures suggest

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Wednesday, February 9, 2022

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The number of early years staff absent from work because of Covid-19 has dropped slightly, reveal DfE figures for the end of January.

DfE survey shows 13 per cent of early years staff off work due to Covid

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Tuesday, January 25, 2022

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New statistics published by the Department for Education (DfE) show that 13 per cent of staff working in nurseries and childminder settings were absent from work due to Coronavirus mid-January.

EXCLUSIVE - Coronavirus: More than 20 per cent of early years staff off work last week

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Friday, January 14, 2022

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Around one in five early years staff were off work due to Covid during the first week of the new term, a new snap poll by the National Day Nurseries Association has found.

NDNA to collect data on number of nursery staff with Covid

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Monday, January 10, 2022

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Nurseries across England, Scotland and Wales are being encouraged to fill in a survey designed to find out the proportion of staff and children who are absent due to Covid.

Coronavirus: ‘Pingdemic’ risks leaving key workers without childcare

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Monday, August 2, 2021

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More than four in 10 nurseries, pre-schools and childminders in England have had to fully and/or partially close at least once since 1 June due to Coronavirus self-isolation rules, a survey suggests.

Coronavirus: Bradford nursery tells staff they must be fully vaccinated

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Wednesday, July 28, 2021

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Ashfield House Day Nursery and Pre-school in Eccleshill has made it a condition of employment that by 1 September all staff must be either doubled vaccinated, or agree to become fully vaccinated, to work at the setting.

Coronavirus: Nursery staff not exempt from self-isolation

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Friday, July 23, 2021

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The sector has expressed its anger at the omission of early years from the Government’s list of critical workers who can avoid self-isolation if they are ‘pinged’ by the NHS Covid app.

Survey highlights impact of Covid self-isolation policy on nursery closures

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Wednesday, July 21, 2021

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A quarter of nurseries (25 per cent) in England, Wales and Scotland had to partially close between March and May, according to a survey by the National Day Nurseries Association and the Education Policy Institute.

Change to test and trace and self-isolation rules causes 'utter confusion' in nurseries

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Wednesday, July 21, 2021

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Early years settings and schools have been thrown into confusion following the Government's change to the rules on tracking coronavirus cases and self-isolation, as the number of Covid-related absences among children and staff continues to rise.

High level of frustration among nursery staff during the pandemic, study reveals

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Monday, May 24, 2021

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Nursery staff have feared for their physical and mental health while working through successive lockdowns – many of them without access to full sick pay, a study led by the University of Leeds reveals.

Coronavirus: NDNA and EPI launch final stage of workforce survey

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Monday, May 10, 2021

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The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) and the Education Policy Institute (EPI) have launched the fourth and final survey in their year-long research project, examining the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the early years workforce.

Parents 'will be turned away' due to Level 3 staffing crisis

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Tuesday, May 4, 2021

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While recruiting Level 3-qualified staff has been an issue for several years, settings have told Nursery World that the situation is now so dire they fear they will be forced to turn families away because of staff shortages.

Coronavirus: Concern early years sector won't be able to cope with demand for places after lockdown

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Friday, March 26, 2021

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With new findings revealing settings have been heavily reliant on the furlough scheme, there are fears nurseries would struggle with a sudden rise in demand for places.

New research reveals the financial impact of Covid on early years settings

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Friday, March 19, 2021

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Nurseries were losing more than a thousand pounds a week in parent fees due to the pandemic last December, according to research commissioned by the DfE.

Coronavirus: London nursery group forks out £6,000 a week for Covid testing kits

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Thursday, February 4, 2021

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London’s largest nursery group is providing weekly lateral flow tests for its 700 staff, at a monthly cost of £23,584, because private and voluntary settings are not provided with home testing kits, unlike the maintained sector.

Coronavirus: One in five early years workers 'want to leave the sector' - survey

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Monday, February 1, 2021

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The toll of Covid-induced stress has left one in five childcare workers at the point of resignation, a new survey by the Early Years Alliance has found.

Thousands of early years staff unable to access key worker places at school for their own children

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Wednesday, January 27, 2021

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Despite being classed as key workers, thousands of early years workers are being prevented from going to work because their own children have been denied school places, according to new research.

Coronavirus: Dismay as early years staff told they won't be sent testing kits

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Thursday, January 14, 2021

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Nursery workers and childminders will have to travel to test centres to access asymptomatic testing for Covid-19, unlike those working in nursery classes and maintained nurseries, who will be sent home testing kits – a decision branded as ‘unfair’ and ‘insulting’ by the sector.

Coronavirus: Warning nurseries could face shortage of qualified staff

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Friday, December 18, 2020

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Early years settings fear they could be left with staffing shortfalls in the new year, as a result of the pandemic, a survey of early years providers has found.

MPs discuss early years workforce challenges

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Wednesday, December 16, 2020

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An urgent independent review is needed to ‘alleviate the pressures’ facing the early years workforce, the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Childcare and Early Education has heard.

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Ofsted review aims to help early years children 'catch up' post-pandemic

Covid on the rise among schools workforce

New DfE research emphasises the impact of Covid on early years sector

EXCLUSIVE: Coronavirus forced childcare providers to take dire action, study shows

Change to Covid rules on testing and isolation provokes mixed response among nurseries and childminders

Covid cases on the decline in childcare settings and schools, official figures suggest

DfE survey shows 13 per cent of early years staff off work due to Covid

EXCLUSIVE - Coronavirus: More than 20 per cent of early years staff off work last week

NDNA to collect data on number of nursery staff with Covid

Coronavirus: ‘Pingdemic’ risks leaving key workers without childcare

Coronavirus: Bradford nursery tells staff they must be fully vaccinated

Coronavirus: Nursery staff not exempt from self-isolation

Survey highlights impact of Covid self-isolation policy on nursery closures

Change to test and trace and self-isolation rules causes 'utter confusion' in nurseries

High level of frustration among nursery staff during the pandemic, study reveals

Coronavirus: NDNA and EPI launch final stage of workforce survey

Parents 'will be turned away' due to Level 3 staffing crisis

Coronavirus: Concern early years sector won't be able to cope with demand for places after lockdown

New research reveals the financial impact of Covid on early years settings

Coronavirus: London nursery group forks out £6,000 a week for Covid testing kits

Coronavirus: One in five early years workers 'want to leave the sector' - survey

Thousands of early years staff unable to access key worker places at school for their own children

Coronavirus: Dismay as early years staff told they won't be sent testing kits

Coronavirus: Warning nurseries could face shortage of qualified staff

MPs discuss early years workforce challenges

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